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Walt Disney History

One of the greatest dreamers of our time was Walt Disney. Did you know he created the first sound cartoon, the first all-color Cartoon, and the first animated feature length motion picture? Not only was he not afraid to dream, he was not afraid to walk those dreams into reality.

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June 2nd and 3rd 2011!

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Walt Disney on Faith

Did you know Walt Disney was named after the families minister Walter Parr? Walt Disney held deep personal beliefs and spoke openly to the author of “Faith is a Star” in 1963 about prayer and church and belief in God.

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Walt
Disney & Marceline Missouri

December
1901 –
Walter
Elias (“Walt Disney”) is born at 1249 Tripp Avenue in Chicago,
Illinois, to parents Elias and Flora Disney. Walter is named after Reverend
Walter Parr. In 1906 the Disney family moves to Marceline, Missouri.

Marceline, Missouri
Walt Disney’s hometown from 1906-1911 is a small town in north
central Missouri, 6 miles south of US Highway 36 on Missouri Highway 5.
The town has long supported the railroad, mining and publishing
industries. Marceline’s most famous citizen is undoubtedly the great
American cartoonist, Walt Disney. Walt moved to the rural area north of
Marceline by train from Chicago when Walt Disney was almost five years
old. The Disney’s sold the farm and moved to Kansas City in 1911.

In 1938, Walt
Disney wrote in a letter to Marceline… “Everything connected with
Marceline was a thrill to us… to tell the truth more things of importance
happened to me in Marceline than have ever happened since – or are likely
to in the future.” Main St. USA in Disneyland is modeled after the
very real Main St. in Walt’s boyhood town of Marceline.